diff --git a/lib/block.dart b/lib/block.dart
index 8d6610665..8f61e1c86 100644
--- a/lib/block.dart
+++ b/lib/block.dart
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class Block implements ElementWrapper {
     if (directiveRefs == null || directiveRefs.length == 0) return parentInjector;
     var nodeModule = new Module();
     var blockHoleFactory = () => null;
+    var blockFactory = () => null;
     var boundBlockFactory = () => null;
     var nodeAttrs = new NodeAttrs(node);
 
@@ -118,11 +119,13 @@ class Block implements ElementWrapper {
       }
       nodeAttrs[ref.directive.$name] = ref.value;
       if (ref.directive.isStructural) {
-        blockHoleFactory = (Injector injector) => new BlockHole([node]);
+        blockHoleFactory = () => new BlockHole([node]);
+        blockFactory = () => ref.blockFactory;
         boundBlockFactory = (Injector injector) => ref.blockFactory.bind(injector);
       }
     });
     nodeModule.factory(BlockHole, blockHoleFactory);
+    nodeModule.factory(BlockFactory, blockFactory);
     nodeModule.factory(BoundBlockFactory, boundBlockFactory);
     var nodeInjector = parentInjector.createChild([nodeModule]);
     directiveRefs.forEach((ref) => nodeInjector.get(ref.directive.type));
diff --git a/test/block_spec.dart b/test/block_spec.dart
index 4104c942a..2a5b9e5c0 100644
--- a/test/block_spec.dart
+++ b/test/block_spec.dart
@@ -2,12 +2,20 @@ import "_specs.dart";
 
 @NgDirective(transclude: true, selector: 'foo')
 class LoggerBlockDirective {
-  LoggerBlockDirective(BlockHole hole, BoundBlockFactory boundBlockFactory, Logger logger) {
+  LoggerBlockDirective(BlockHole hole, BlockFactory blockFactory,
+      BoundBlockFactory boundBlockFactory, Logger logger) {
     if (hole == null) {
       throw new ArgumentError('BlockHole must be injected.');
     }
+    if (boundBlockFactory == null) {
+      throw new ArgumentError('BoundBlockFactory must be injected.');
+    }
+    if (blockFactory == null) {
+      throw new ArgumentError('BlockFactory must be injected.');
+    }
     logger.add(hole);
     logger.add(boundBlockFactory);
+    logger.add(blockFactory);
   }
 }